A former state lawmaker was arrested Wednesday for his alleged involvement on the May 2009 removal of protestors of a union building.
Former Assemblyman Gregorio Carranza was arrested at the elementary school he teaches at Colonia Ladrillera neighborhood.
Carranza was accused for the retake of the local 37 of the National Education Workers Union building blocked by members of the state Education Workers Union, or SETE in Spanish.
The former lawmaker was the Secretary General of the union’s local.
The building is located at Colonia Cuauhtémoc neighborhood.
Former SETE leader Héctor Lara, who died almost five years ago, took the building after his dismissal as the local 37 secretary general.
The case is under the Courtroom 3 jurisdiction of the old justice system.
Carranza was a member of the assembly from 2010 to 2013 and got elected as candidate of a three party coalition.
He was then a member of the teacher affiliated new alliance party.
Carranza got elected to represent district five.
After his term he became a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party.
Carranza can be sentenced to up to five years in prison.
Authorities hold immigration meeting
Federal, state and local officials held Wednesday a meeting to address the needs of immigrants who have arrived in recent months and those who have been deported from the U.S.
Migrant Affairs Director Gustavo Magallanes said the meeting was the eleventh held.
The director said 1,239 immigrants from Haiti and Africa are in Mexicali while up to 3,200 are in Tijuana, living in shelters, churches and infant care facilities.
“We are working in a coordinate manner with representatives with the three layers of government especially addressing requests of visas to reside in the country,” Magallanes said. “This is a consequence of the closed-door policy from the U.S. government.”
Shelter managers made a request to ask for additional funds from all public agencies to provide services as support has been provided for several months now to foreign-born immigrants.
Dolphins found dead
Six dolphins were found dead Wednesday morning in a San Felipe private beach, said the Municipal Public Safety Department.
Authorities said two of the mammals were located at 11:55 a.m. about 600 yards away from Marina Resort Hotel.
A report was made at 9-1-1 regarding the finding, the police said.
Additionally, four other animals were located at Puertecitos town, south of San Felipe.
The case is being handled by Mexico’s Environmental Protection Prosecutorial Agency.
Homicide suspect arrested
A 34-year-old man was arrested Wednesday morning in western Mexicali with an active arrest warrant for homicide, said the Municipal Public Safety Department.
Authorities said police officers arrested Juan Bonifacio “Doe” at 8:55 a.m. at Venustiano Carranza Avenue and Tijuana Highway at Colonia Progreso neighborhood.
No additional details were provided by the police.
